A Camden County jury awarded $3.1 million on Feb. 16 to the family of a 54-year-old woman who died after she was diagnosed with a case of necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating bacteria. But the award was reduced 35%, to $2,007,742, because her disease was deemed a preexisting condition.

Adrienne Nock, 54, needed surgery urgently to stop the bacteria from spreading through her body, but she died after a series of miscommunications delayed her operation for several hours, according to Steven G. Wigrizer and Jason S. Weiss of Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky in Philadelphia, who represented her estate.

personal injury attorney Steven G. Wigrizer of Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky in Philadelphia. Courtesy photo

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